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AGENDA ITEM V.C. STAFF ORIGINATOR: Paul Bengtson P & Z MEETING DATE: July 8, 2009 TOPIC: PUBLIC HEARING: Zoning Ordinance Amendment Amending the Zoning Ordinance requirements for Home Occupations /Home Extended Businesses, Residential Parking, and Exterior Storage. BACKGROUND As a part of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update, staff identified some issues with the Home Occupation standards and what level of business should be allowed in residential neighborhoods. Additionally, the issue of residential parking and storage is intertwined with Home Occupations. Staff gets a number of calls every month about the rules associated with the various vehicles a site may have stored /parked. As a result, staff has begun to consider amending the ordinance. While much research and discussion has gone on at a staff level, specific text is not yet ready for review by the Planning and Zoning Board. Instead, staff would like to discuss some of the issues and determine if the Board has any specific issues they would like staff to research /consider. HOME OCCUPATION / HOME EXTENDED BUSINESS ANALYSIS The City currently allows home businesses in two formats. The first and Tess intensive is a 'Home Occupation', which is allowed as an accessory use in all residential and rural zoning districts. The second and more intense is a `Home Extended Business' which is only allowed in the Rural Business Reserve zoning district (which is adjacent to 35E only). The current definitions for both are as follows: Home Extended Business. A business conducted as part of a residential use which is beyond the limits and scope of activities for home occupations as defined by this subdivision. Home Occupation. Any activity by a resident carried out for business purposes and which activity is clearly incidental and secondary to the residential use of the premises, and which activity does not change the residential character thereof. • • •